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Open call for tenders, deadline 23rd November, 2007 for construction of the extension to Sabadell of the Barcelona-Sabadell line operated by FGC, the Catalan railways. This is a railway for two tracks of 4,975 metres and 4,947 metres. Altogether, 6,904 metres will be bored by means of a 6.74 m-diameter EPB TBM and 2,169 metres using the cut-and-cover method. The internal diameter of the bored tunnel is 6 m: Each tube will be connected by cross-passages each 250 metres. There are also five underground stations (Sabadell Estacií³, Plaí§a Major, Eix Macií , Plaí§a Espanya and Ca n'Oriac). Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=239128-2007, OJ S 197, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934444488. E-mail contractacio@gisa.es. Also visit www10.gencat.net/ptop/AppJava/es/actuacions/departament/public/metro/valles/fgc_sabadell.jsp# 42/07.Open call for tenders, deadline 30th November, 2007 for construction management of the extension to Sabadell of the Barcelona-Sabadell line operated by the Catalan railways. Click es/143. Other tenders in E-News Weekly 43/2007. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=244427-2007, OJ S 201, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934444488. E-mail contractacio@gisa.es 44/07.The government of Catalonia awarded for EUR218.1 million the extension of its rail line in Sabadell to a joint venture formed by Acciona, Comsa and Acsa Sorigué. The project will add five stations and a rail yard, initially planned next to Ca n'Oriac station. The contract envisions the construction of two parallel tunnels, nearly 5 km in length each, to be built by two 6.8 m-diameter TBMs and the cut-and-cover method. The TBMs will start from the launch shaft near the football field in Ca n'Oriac and will exit at another shaft at Sabadell station's existing surface car park. Sabadell station, the existing end of the line, will be sunk underground. Visit www.acciona.es, www.comsa.com and www.acsa.es 07/08.The construction management of the extension to Sabadell of the Barcelona-Sabadell line operated by the Catalan railways will be performed by GPO, SGS Tecnos and Amberg Engineering. Their contract is worth EUR11.5 million. Visit www.gpo.es, www.es.sgs.com and www.amberg.ch 07/08.Open invitation to tender, deadline 16th July, 2008 for work control and construction supervision of the railway line extension in Sabadell. Click es/143. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=136949-2008, OJ S 102, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934444488. E-mail esm@gisa.cat 23/08.



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